Difference between SITUATE and SITUATED:

From Sampath’s Desk:

Difference between SITUATE and SITUATED:

 

SITUATE: (verb and adjective)

 

Example sentences:

 

(as verb-transitive and infinitive):

 

The company wants TO SITUATE its headquarters in the north.

I want TO SITUATE my shop in that big building.

The health authorities have decided TO SITUATE the district hospital in that complex.

Students will be expected TO SITUATE the novel in its historical context.

 

(as adjective):

 

My house is SITUATE in Nehru Colony 12th Street.

My plot of land is SITUATE near Ranga theatre opposite to KCT Mahal.

The hill is SITUATE near the seashore

The river is SITUATE on the west.

 

(Kindly note that the house, plot of land, hill, and river cannot be transferred anywhere being naturally and permanently located/fixed ones)

 

 

SITUATED:  (Past tense and past participle)

 

My shop is SITUATED in the Gee Gee Complex of Mount Road.

His office is SITUATED in his own house.

The library is SITUATED in the corner building.

The recreation club is SITUATED on the topmost floor.

 

(Kindly note that the shop, office, library, and recreation club can be transferred and relocated elsewhere)


 

(R.SAMPATH)

28/9/2021

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